ww I Flashcards
feeling of intense loyalty to ones country
nationalism
who was shot and stared wwI
franz Ferdinand
two parts of the world that the world powers wanted
Africa and asia
the feeling of having to have the best military in the world
militarism
who was in the triple alliance
Germany, Italy, Austria- hungry
who is in the triple entente
Great Britain, France, and Russia
where was the spark that set off the war
in the Balkans
who shot the franz guy
Gavrilo Princip
what prompted Great Britain to come into the war
invasion of Belgium
who were the allied powers
Russia U.S. Great Britain Italy japan
who are the central powers
Germany Austria-Hungary Ottoman Empire
Battle that tried to invade Pairs but failed and boosted the French moral
Battle of the Marne
how was this war fought
in trenches w
what was the bloodiest battle of the war
Battle of Verdun
5 examples of new tech stuff in this war
poison gas, air plane, tank, submarines, and larger shells that fired greater distances
at the beginning of the war what did wilson say
us will stay out
what is Propaganda
information designed to influence people’s ideas
what did allied propaganda say about the germans
huns
what stopped the us from trading with germany
British Blockade
what happened On May 7, 1915
German U boat sunk the Lusitania
what did the germans agree to involving uboats
the Sussex pledge
what pledge did wilson say that had him reelected
he kept us out of the war
what was the Zimmerman Telegram
Germany to Mexico saying if us joins the war invade it and you can get new mexico back
what pulled Russia out of the war
Russian Revolution
what is an autocracy
a gov controlled by a person with all of the power
what was the date that the us went in to the war
April 1917 6th
who was the first female to be in congress that disagreed with the war
Rankin
what is the Selective Service Act
draft
who was the first american to get the croix de Guerre
Henry Johnson
what city provence and country was Ferdinand killed
Sarajevo Bosnia and Austria